BMC AMI Data vs. Perforce P4

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BMC AMI Data
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
BMC AMI Data for Db2 and IMS simplifies mainframe data management with automation, performance optimization, and resilient recovery. It accelerates query execution and ensures compliance with regulations like DORA. By integrating with DevOps, it helps organizations maintain continuous availability.N/A
Perforce P4
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Perforce P4 (formerly Helix Core) is the company's version control and peer code review solution. Perforce offers add-on products for code review for free, and Git support products.N/A
Pricing
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Features
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Database Development
Comparison of Database Development features of Product A and Product B
BMC AMI Data
7.4
4 Ratings
14% below category average
Perforce P4
-
Ratings
Version control tools7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Test data generation8.23 Ratings00 Ratings
Performance optimization tools7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Schema maintenance7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
Database change management7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Database Administration
Comparison of Database Administration features of Product A and Product B
BMC AMI Data
7.3
4 Ratings
10% below category average
Perforce P4
-
Ratings
User management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Database security7.74 Ratings00 Ratings
Database status reporting7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Version Control Software Features
Comparison of Version Control Software Features features of Product A and Product B
BMC AMI Data
-
Ratings
Perforce P4
7.9
1 Ratings
9% below category average
Branching and Merging00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Version History00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Version Control Collaboration Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Pull Requests00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Code Review Tools00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Project Access Control00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Automated Testing Integration00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Issue Tracking Integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Branch Protection00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(2 ratings)
6.3
(15 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(5 ratings)
Usability
6.4
(2 ratings)
7.0
(3 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
6.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BMC AMI DataPerforce P4
Likelihood to Recommend
BMC Software Inc.
According to my experience BMC AMI data has been one of the best report creating software for our business as it's integrates all the business system with a single dashboard and make sure that we are able to understand our products and customers better. It also helps in focusing which part of our business is strong and which need more planning
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Perforce Software
While Perforce Helix is the best version control software out there, it can also be used to track your documentation, training videos and materials, and requirements. If you have strict compliance requirements, it can be used to ensure that those requirements are satisfied. Perforce Helix is incredibly flexible and can meet the needs of individual users as well as companies with thousands of users.
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Pros
BMC Software Inc.
  • The software manages DB2 objects and navugate catlog easily.
  • The BMC AMI Data helps our team in reducing DBA related work.
  • The software also helps us in improving sql query performances
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Perforce Software
  • The branching mechanisms in Perforce allow for an enormous codebase to be duplicated into release versions weekly with little impact upon things such as the speed of queries against the version control.
  • Action triggers permit such things as automated builds of software versions, dynamic messaging when issues are identified either within or prior to a build process, and much more.
  • Locking provides the ability to prevent modifications of stable, tested versions in order to ensure validity when they are released.
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Cons
BMC Software Inc.
  • In Change Manager, IDAA objects can't be analyzed. This is a big issue if you have Accelerated Tables in your shop.
  • Not able to find how runa Accelerated tasks in batch, especially long time loading
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Perforce Software
  • Perforce tends to feel backwards in how it approaches certain tasks, like branching and integrating - even once you figure out how it wants you to perform these tasks, you will likely forget when it comes around to the next time you need to do them again.
  • Perforce has a higher price tag, comparatively.
  • Perforce make some tasks very easy, and yet other tasks very difficult - it doesn't always seem to have found its target user's proficiency.
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Likelihood to Renew
BMC Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
Perforce Software
We are fully committed to our use of Perforce. It works well within our organization and our desire to share our code base with our customers. Their support staff are responsive, inquisitive, and eager to improve their software. I feel like we have a direct line to their design/feature team as they often solicit our feedback.
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Usability
BMC Software Inc.
BMC AMI Data helps our company keep most crucial data fast, accurate and trusted. It gives us sales insights helps in building next projections. It has got smarter real time inventory planning gives me a high trust on numbers and lastly if make right decision for my company profits it gives me a stronger leadership presence
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Perforce Software
With Perforce Helix, you can use it via the command line, via P4V, or any of the other APIs included with the product. It is extremely easy for new users to get up and running. Users of Perforce Helix only have to pull in the files of interest to them. Also, Perforce is very easy to script and integrate into your CI/CD pipeline. Streams allows you to have pinpoint control of your workflow, and P4Search is the absolute best--I wish Perforce (the company) would talk more about this. It is absolutely fabulous!
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Reliability and Availability
BMC Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
Perforce Software
In our large environment, Perforce is rarely "down". We have regular maintenance windows and from time to time Perforce can feel a little slow, but its always available. Tech support has always worked with our engineers and IT department to make sure that any real performance or stability issues are addressed quickly.
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Support Rating
BMC Software Inc.
No answers on this topic
Perforce Software
I had two representatives from Perforce contact me after downloading it but never responded when I had questions. I also had a difficult time finding good training material for getting started. There is a lot of available support material when running into issues, though, because of how many large companies use it.
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Implementation Rating
BMC Software Inc.
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Perforce Software
This rating is related to setting up an environment from an existing Perforce repository. Initial setup of Perforce as the repository for the company was done by a separate team long prior to my inception.
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Alternatives Considered
BMC Software Inc.
See all of the software have different attributes and working process they gives the different analytical results so I will not compare them directly to BMC AMI Data but I would say they all are pioneers platform at their own level.
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Perforce Software
Git is great, I love Git. But it's not great for dealing with binary assets, even when using Git LFS. Locking is not as simple as on perforce. Git presents some problems on using for non-tech people it can get overwhelming and tech people have to come by and help.
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Return on Investment
BMC Software Inc.
  • improve the availability, consistency and efficiency
  • still not fully utilized the functionality that tool provides
  • lots to learn for automation and AI/ML etc.
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Perforce Software
  • Decreased our implementation costs by allowing versioning and back out of customizations made in the field.
  • saves developers time through automation of changes between branches - they think less of the plumbing and have more time to write code.
  • Downside is training/managing expectations of new developers who come in assuming they will use Git.
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